Acarapis woodi

Acarapis woodi
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Subphylum:	Chelicerata
Class:	Arachnida
Order:	Trombidiformes
Family:	Tarsonemidae
Genus:	Acarapis
Species:	A. woodi
Binomial name
	Acarapis woodi; (Rennie, 1921)

Acarapis woodi is an internal

arachnids like spiders.^[3] The female mite attaches 5–7 eggs to the tracheal walls, where the larvae hatch and develop in 11–15 days to adult mites.^[3] The mites parasitize young bees up to two weeks old through the tracheal tube openings. There, they pierce the tracheal tube walls with their mouthparts and feed on the haemolymph of the bees. More than a hundred mites can populate the tracheae and weaken the bees. The mites are generally less than 175 micrometres (0.007 in) long, and can be seen and identified only under a microscope.^[3] Mercedes Delfinado identified Acarapsis woodi's presence in the USA.^[4]

References

^ ""Tracheal mites" Tarsonemidae". Agricultural Research Service, United States Department of Agriculture. February 18, 2005. Archived from the original on May 17, 2011. Retrieved March 10, 2011.
^ Anderson, John; Rennie, John (1916). Observations and experiments bearing on the "Island of Wight" disease. Proceedings of the Royal Physical Society of Edinburgh ;v. 20, pt. 1. Edinburgh: R. Grant & Son.
^ ^a ^b ^c ^d H. A. Denmark, H. L. Cromroy & Malcolm T. Sanford (2000). "Honey bee tracheal mite, Acarapis woodi". Featured Creatures. University of Florida. Retrieved March 10, 2011.
^ 110 years of biological control research and development in the United States Department of Agriculture : 1883-1993. National Agricultural Library U. S. Department of Agriculture. [Beltsville, MD?] : U.S. Dept. of Agriculture, Agricultural Research Service ; Springfield, VA : Available from National Technical Information Service. 2000.{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: others (link)

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[ARS-1] ""Tracheal mites" Tarsonemidae". Agricultural Research Service, United States Department of Agriculture. February 18, 2005. Archived from the original on May 17, 2011. Retrieved March 10, 2011.

[2] Anderson, John; Rennie, John (1916). Observations and experiments bearing on the "Island of Wight" disease. Proceedings of the Royal Physical Society of Edinburgh ;v. 20, pt. 1. Edinburgh: R. Grant & Son.

[FC-3] H. A. Denmark, H. L. Cromroy & Malcolm T. Sanford (2000). "Honey bee tracheal mite, Acarapis woodi". Featured Creatures. University of Florida. Retrieved March 10, 2011.

[4] 110 years of biological control research and development in the United States Department of Agriculture : 1883-1993. National Agricultural Library U. S. Department of Agriculture. [Beltsville, MD?] : U.S. Dept. of Agriculture, Agricultural Research Service ; Springfield, VA : Available from National Technical Information Service. 2000.{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: others (link)

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